For the past several years, Oakdale has moved its Fourth of July fireworks up a weekend, celebrating the nation and city during its annual Summerfest. This year the pyrotechnic display was fired off on June 23.

Aundrea Kinney/Review • Anders Spike and Ian Morrow found the 2018 Summerfest medallion on the south side of Powerline Park on June 21. Together they received the $1,000 prize.

Two microbiologists from St. Paul, who work at Pace Analytical in Oakdale, were rewarded June 21 after sneaking out of the building on their lunch breaks throughout the week to look for the 2018 Summerfest medallion.

courtesy of Minnesota Department of Transportation • The interchange where interstates 94, 694 and 494 meet will be under construction in 2019 and 2020. The map at right shows the flow of traffic during the first phase of construction in 2019.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation will be renovating a major interchange in 2019 and 2020, affecting east metro commuters and area residents alike.

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Delilah Devost of Minneapolis and her children, Jamonte, Jililah and Jamora, went down the giant slide together at Oakdale’s Summerfest celebration, June 23.

A variety of fair food, carnival games and rides filled the parking lot at Oakdale City Hall and spilled out onto the grass at Richard Walton Park during the city’s Summerfest celebration June 21 through 24.

On June 21, the first official day of summer, Oakdale kicked off its Summerfest celebration with the Ted Bearth Grande Parade, which made its way down 15th Street from Transfiguration Church to City Hall.